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The Moon on Friday, June 6, 1986: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1986Waning Crescent

Friday 6 June 1986406,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 6, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
406,435 km252,547 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 30, 198612:55
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Friday, June 6, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.